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Weekly Newsletter OCTOBER 24th, 2013 Dear all, This week's activities have been led predominantly with conversations around next year's International Year of the Secretary. We are going to work really hard next year to change the world of the Assistant across the world but we need your help. We had a flood of offers to get involved from individuals, businesses, associations and trainers following our request for volunteers last week. So this week has seen exciting meetings with the hub in South Africa, with associations all over the world and with some of the world's top trainers and training companies. Watch this space for announcements that will shortly be coming thick and fast! We want as many of you involved as possible so if you haven't contacted me yet, please shout loudly! My email address is lbrazier@executivesecretary.com. WHEN IN ROME Well not Rome actually - Milan, but you get the idea. It was a privilege to spend time with the MACSE Assistants in Milan last weekend. As part of their annual congress, I was there to present those that have invested in their own personal development and completed their qualifications, with their well deserved diplomas. Photos are on the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/executivesecretary. Italy is one of many countries that I work with where the Assistants need to work really hard for investment in their training and for recognition. With a statistic of only 48% of women working in Italy, the battle to change the perception of the role is more difficult for our Italian colleagues than many of the rest of us. I applaud the Association members' commitment to their own development. When I see Assistants in countries with the tide against them, fighting so hard to get the education and recognition they deserve it serves as a reminder to those of us that get it offered to us on a plate that it is not something to be taken for granted. Grab the opportunity with both hands! When was the last time you asked for training or personal development? THIS WEEK'S FREE RESOURCES A slightly different slant this week for you. Here are four websites, all with amazing free resources for Assistants. The first is from the wonderful Chrissy Scivicque (pronounced “Civic”) is an award-winning writer, certified career coach and experienced corporate trainer. I met Chrissy in the States recently and was hugely impressed with not only her breadth of knowledge but with her passion for what she does. Her website - Eat Your Career is full of exceptional content. Grab free worksheets, audio sessions, video trainings and more for the sweet price of zip, zero, zilch. No catch. Free. Really. Just visit http://www.eatyourcareer.com/free-stuff/free-downloads.   Our second resource this week is www.allthingsadmin.com. If you follow our weekly Twitter chat, #adminchat on a weekly basis, or are a subscriber to the magazine, you will already know and love our Queen of Procedures, Julie Perrine. Her website is a mine of information and her templates for everything from an administrative procedures binder to travel procedures to a job responsibilities template are absolutely second to none. Thirdly, we'd like to introduce you to www.bookboon.com where you can download FREE eBooks and textbooks. In 2004, while studying for their B.Sc. and M.Sc. at Copenhagen Business School, Kristian Buus Madsen and his brother Thomas came up with the idea of free textbooks. They are second generation publishers and were convinced it should be possible to offer free education material to both students and business professionals. This is where bookboon.com came into being: the concept was launched in Denmark in 2005 and the global website was launched in 2008. Bookboon's eBooks help the reader become more efficient in his or her workplace. The books cover business relevant themes like persuasive communication, time management, project management, and many other areas within personal development, as well as practical books on Microsoft Office, social media. Adobe and similar. The books are about 50 pages long and they are tailored to be read in two or three hours, which is the available time a reader has on a flight, a train journey, an evening in a hotel or at home after the kids are put to bed. The books have a hands-on approach: you can read them today and use them tomorrow. And finally, new kid on the block http://pa-prive.com. We have been really impressed by the quality of the articles and information coming out of this new resource. They seem to be doing a great balancing act with aggregating interesting information and producing their own original posts. EYES ON THE PRIZE - NON-UK READERS LOOK AWAY NOW! We are delighted to announce that Executive Secretary Magazine has just signed a partnership agreement with Keith Prowse Hospitality, the UK’s leading corporate hospitality and tours provider. As you know, we are very choosy about the providers that we work with - we have to be sure that they are offering something of quantifiable benefit to our audience before we will put them in front of you. So you will be pleased to hear, that among other things, as part of the agreement, they have promised some great give-aways to the Executive Secretary community. Please get entering, because if this one goes well, then next up could be some hospitality packages for Wimbledon! So the first fantastic prize we have to give away, courtesy of Keith Prowse Hospitality is... An England rugby shirt signed by the man that led England's World Cup Team to victory, Captain Martin Johnson What a great Christmas present for any rugby fan! So, if you’re into rugby, or know someone who is, then this is an ideal present. If you don’t, perhaps it would make a good addition to a charity auction you are running? Here's the link - just click here to enter **** Thank you for committing to your own personal development by signing up to this newsletter - our learning continues and you'll find our three recommended articles of the week at the bottom of the newsletter, selected from all those shared via our various social media feeds this week. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone else that you think would benefit from it. They can sign up to receive their own weekly copy at www.executivesecretary.com This week's Training Courses & Events Here is a selection of what's coming up in the next week. Just click on the event you want to look at for fuller details. A full list of training, networking and conference events is available on the website at www.executivesecretary.com. Your event not listed? However big or small the event, just email me at lbrazier@executivesecretary.com and we will gladly list it on the website free of charge, as well as sharing it via social media with the Executive Secretary community. The Secretary: Juggler SPAIN "A career so short, but long, rewarding, full of successes and learning " 24/10/2013 - 25/10/2013 Today's PA-London-2 Days LONDON, UK In our experience, course delegates save an hour every day using our Outlook tips - that's five or more hours a week - half a day given back to you to do other things - that's the power of Today's PA. 24/10/2013 - 25/10/2013 The PA Hub Social Event LEEDS, UK Join The PA Hub for an evening of networking. 24/10/2013 Hays Networking evening BIRMINGHAM, UK Thursday 24th October - Birmingham 24/10/2013 Network and Training Event OLD TRAFFORD, UK You are invited to a full day training course on 'Venue Contracts' to be held on Friday 25th October 2013 9.00am - 4.00pm to include lunch At Emirates Old Trafford 25/10/2013 Radisson Blu Portman Square - ALL PA Club Members LONDON, UK Our next London Away Day will be held at Radisson Blu Portman Square on Friday the 25th October 25/10/2013 2-Day Weekend Workshop SAN FRANCISCO, USA Instructors: Bonnie Low-Kramen & Vickie Sokol Evans 26/10/2013 - 27/10/2013 A Motivational Lunch With Priscilla Morris! LEICESTER, UK The City Rooms, Hotel Street, Leicester LE1 5AW 27/10/2013 Advanced Executive PA Masterclass Course LONDON, UK *2-day advanced-level course 30/10/2013 - 31/10/2013 #adminchat with Eth Lloyd - ONLINE Executive Secretary Magazine's free weekly Tweetchat. 31/10/2013   Please visit www.executivesecretary.com for full details of these events and many other local, national & international training & networking events. To stay up to date on a daily basis with what's going on, you can join the LinkedIn group by clicking here or follow us on Twitter at @lucybrazier, and join in the conversation. We are also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/executivesecretary. Feel free to share anything you feel we, and the rest of the community should know about with us. Shout loudly if you need any further information on any of the above or if you have information that you would like us to share with our community of over 15,300 Assistants from all over the world. Warm regards from sunny but chilly Shepperton, Lucy Lucy Brazier CEO, Executive Secretary Magazine PS: If you would like to share this email with others in your organisation, we would be delighted for you to do so. They can also sign up to receive it regularly at www.executivesecretary.com.

Il senso di far parte di qualcosa

Ormai MACSE Italia esiste da tre anni, entriamo nel nostro quarto anno il prossimo aprile e posso dire di aver visto passare almeno un centinaio di colleghe che si sono iscritte, se ne sono andate, sono rimaste.

Tendenzialmente, ogni anno ci assestiamo sempre sullo stesso numero di iscritte, ne perdiamo alcune a fine anno e ne guadagniamo di nuove con la campagna acquisti.

Tuttavia alcune rimangono con noi sin dall’inizio e continuano a frequentare gli incontri e a seguire la formazione.

Mi sono domandata perchè e credo di aver trovato la risposta.

Si tratta di trovarsi o meno in un preciso stato mentale.

Mi spiego: far parte di una associazione come MACSE Italia significa crederci, non è solo pagare la quota annuale, che manteniamo sempre ad una cifra irrisoria, non è neanche seguire le attività, è invece sentire di appartenere a qualcosa di speciale e unico, dedicato a noi soltanto.

Non esiste nient’altro di simile e che offra le stesse opportunità di conoscenza e condivisione.

Quando mi chiesero, tre anni fa, come vedevo il futuro di MACSE Italia in cinque anni, risposi: ancora Presidente e con 500 associate.

Siamo ancora lontane dal quel numero, ma sono lo stesso molto soddisfatta.

Le persone che condividono con me questa esperienza sono persone speciali per me, ma lo sono anche in senso assoluto, sono donne, perché siamo tutte donne, che hanno qualcosa in più rispetto ad altre.

Si dedicano, per quanto è loro possibile, all’organizzazione e alla gestione delle attività, partecipano con interesse ed intelligenza alle iniziative, dedicano il loro prezioso tempo libero a se stesse, ma anche alle altre.

Donare qualcosa agli altri sembra non essere più un valore importante, ma da noi, in MACSE Italia, è una delle cose fondamentali e maggiormente apprezzate.

 

Per questo motivo quando qualcuno ci lascia dicendo che non ha più tempo, che ha deciso di fare altro, che non è più interessata, perché ha dato una svolta diversa alla sua carriera, mi rendo conto che il nostro messaggio non è passato in modo corretto, la persona non ha raggiunto la consapevolezza che non si crede in qualcosa a tratti, come fosse un singhiozzo o un qualcosa che quando ci fa comodo usiamo e quando non ne abbiamo più voglia, ignoriamo, salvo ripensarci dopo un po’.

E qui si torna allo stato mentale, ci si sente parte di qualcosa oppure no.

E se si condividono i valori di un’associazione, lo si fa per sempre, anche quando si cambia ruolo professionale, anche quando non si ha più molto tempo per partecipare.

Le idee sono alla base del nostro sentire, idee che noi abbiamo tradotto in Mission & Vision che vanno ben oltre la nostra professione, ma sono parte del nostro modo di essere in tutti i momenti della nostra vita.

Ecco perché quando si fa parte di MACSE Italia, è per sempre.

 

 

http://www.macseitalia.it/whos/mission_vision.asp

 

 

 

 

La Manager Assistant Certificata

Si ottiene la certificazione M.A.C. superando un esame di accesso al percorso formativo che valuta sia l’esperienza accumulata dalla MA, i titoli di studio acquisiti e precedenti corsi di formazione che sono stati seguiti.

Il percorso formativo può essere svolto sia seguendo i corsi e le attività organizzati da MACSE Italia (www.macseitalia.it) sia frequentando i moduli formativi realtivi ad ogni livello di certificazione, sia seguendo altri tipi di corsi che vengono valutati da una commissione esaminatrice.

Il percorso è suddiviso in 3 livelli di certificazione: Assistant (per accedervi sono necessari 2 anni di esperienza nel ruolo e dura 5 anni), Executive Assistant (per accedervi sono necessari 5 anni di esperienza nel ruolo e dura 4 anni), Senior Executive Assistant (per accedervi sono necessari 9 anni di esperienza nel ruolo e dura 3 anni).

Per ottenere la certificazione finale di ogni livello è necessario superare un secondo esame al termine di ogni livello.

http://www.macse.it/certification/modules.asp

Chi può accedere al programma M.A.C.?Chiunque vogli accostarsi alla professione di Manager Assistant e chi vuole certificarsi durante il percorso di carriera. L'accesso al Programma M.A.C. prevede un esame per accedere al programma e uno alla fine di ogni modulo di certificazione.

Quali sono i vantaggi della certificazione M.A.C.?

Il percorso M.A.C. facilita e supporta la Manager Assistant nell'apprendimento di best practice e protocolli così da poter lavorare sia nel settore privato che nel pubblico offrendo un elevata qualità di servizio.
Si tratta di una importante qualifica che fornisce le competenze necessarie per accedere ad un percorso professionale di alto livello preparando la Manager Assistant a lavorare in ambienti di ogni genere.
M.A.C. è un programma di certificazione che prepara la Manager Assistant su varie e diverse attività in modo che sia in grado di affrontare differenti percorsi di carriera.

E’ importante che le MA si mantegano sempre aggiornate e preparate ad affrontare le nuove sfide del mercato del lavoro  leggendo riviste specializzate, newsletter e altre informazioni. E’ inoltre consigliabile che facciano networking ocn latre colleghe e che portino avanti la condivisione di pratiche di lavoro per mezzo dei programmi organizzati da MACSE Italia.

M.A.C. - la Job description

http://www.macse.it/certification/to_whom.asp

 

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Lo sviluppo di carriera

Ottenere la certificazione M.A.C.  è è l’unica strada possibile per avere una carriera di successo in questo settore. Il programma richiede tenacia e dedizione, bisogna superare degli esami di accesso al programma e di certificazione finale e seguire il percorso formativo che dura qualche anno, ma garantisce una preparazione eccellente e la possibilità di far parte dell’élite della professione.

Le aziende spesso non supportano lo sviluppo professionale delle loro MA. Il programma M.A.C.  si avvale di una serie di risorse, offerte dai programmi portati avanti dall’associazione MACSE Italia, così come di workshop, seminari e conferenze. Questi tipi di eventi sono in grado di fornire preziose opportunità di networking e sono di grande aiuto nella crescita personale e professionale.

Molto importante è anche la partnership che M.A.C.  ha attivato con la rivista di settore Executive Secretary Magazine (www.executivesecretary.com). Le MA Certificate potranno partecipare agli eventi e alle conferenze organizzate dalla riviste a tariffe favorevoli, ottenere uno sconto sull’abbonamento alla rivista e avranno accesso a informazioni, best practise e protocolli in condivisione con le colleghe straniere.

 

In futuro saranno attivati anche programmi di scambio professionali e culturali tra l’Italia e alcuni paesi di cultura anglosassone.

 

 

Il programma M.A.C. fornisce competenze di alto livello che sono il punto di partenza anche per chi vuole cambiare ruolo e iniziare una diversa carriera, raggiungendo posizioni di rilievo nelle aziende dove la MA lavora. Ottenuta la certificazione di III livello la MA avrà acquisito tali e tante competenze da essere in grado anche di avviare una sua attività indipendente nell’ambito che avrà voluto approfondire.

 

 

·Company secretarial assistant: Ben

 

 

 

 

 

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Have you ever heard an executive raving about his or her assistant and wondered what that person does that garners such praise? Would you like to be that person?

As an administrative professional turned entrepreneur, my perspective has shifted from how to become the admin my executives couldn’t live without, to finding admins I can trust and rely on completely.

It has been an eye opening journey that has led me to some important insights I want to share so you can become the admin your executives rave about, too.

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About the author
Julie Perrine, CAP-OM, is the founder and CEO of All Things Admin – providing training, mentoring and resources for administrative professionals worldwide. Julie applies her administrative expertise and passion for lifelong learning to serving
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